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re: Bat out of Hell and We Will Rock You
Posted by: charles1055 10:34 am EDT 08/26/19
In reply to: Bat out of Hell - Leon_W 04:24 pm EDT 08/25/19

I saw We Will Rock You years ago but I remember it to be MUCH more coherent than Bat out of Hell.

I agree that Bat was slick and well sung but the story made absolutely no sense and was super confusing. I still can't quite tell you why Falco and Lena Hall (who was excellent despite the material) were coupling and uncoupling and coupling and uncoupling.

It's interesting to me that this show has been in development for so long and how many subsequent shows (We Will Rock You and American Idiot come to mind) have borrowed from it. I can't help but think that if it had a Broadway bow or Public showing in the 1970s that it would have been huge.

City Center was empty on Saturday. I can't imagine that this is doing enough business to be a success.
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re: Bat out of Hell and We Will Rock You
Posted by: JohnPopa 09:00 pm EDT 08/26/19
In reply to: re: Bat out of Hell and We Will Rock You - charles1055 10:34 am EDT 08/26/19

I remember when "Dance of the Vampires" was around everyone was talking about laughing hearing "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in a musical but I had the same thought as you - had Steinman really been able to debut his music in musicals, "Total Eclipse" would have been a pretty radical showtune. But it's so weighted down with 80's nostalgia that it can't be taken seriously like that now. Same with the music in "Bat," (I haven't seen it onstage, though.) Steinman's out there, but he really can be quite clever in what he does. (And I love that he's out there.)
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